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Walmart’s Digital Strategy Faces Big Public Test This Holiday Season

PYMNTS

It’s a marketing challenge as much as any, as a lot of people who shop on Amazon are not naturally Walmart shoppers.”. But there are also reasons for concern — Walmart is catching more customers with its e-commerce efforts, but its online market share actually slipped a point to 4.1 percent during the same time period.

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Revenue-Based Financing Challenges The Bank Loan Status Quo

PYMNTS

by regulatory initiatives (designed to spur competition in small business banking, open up the market to new challenger banks and support marketplace lending platforms), the bank loan is often the first place small business owners look when in search of capital. Traditional bank loans remain the undisputed leader in small business lending.

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Bombas: Socking Up With A DTC Digital Strategy

PYMNTS

However, Bombas was somewhat different — though it began, like many startups, with looking to fill a market hole. The company believes it has achieved a lot of transparency with its customer base when it comes to its products, getting its philanthropic message out there, and the cost it pays in terms of items and tax.

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

Demand for digital banking products and services is on the rise across different geographic markets and customer demographics. “In In order to stay competitive, we thought it was important to have various digital loan offerings available for our customers,” Jundt says.

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Reinventing the client advisor interaction model is the future of wealth management

Insights on Business

The industry is shifting to a digitally-enabled, holistic advice model , where clients are seeking advice on a variety of topics. Learn more about IBM’s digital strategy and transformation consulting practice. marriage, divorce, sudden job loss, new home buying, unexpected inheritance, etc.)

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before BCG and McKinsey and Bain, most business people dismissed “strategy” as something for generals and political campaigns. They used every available resource to understand industries, markets, consumer sentiment, and companies’ product lines. Consultants did this because clients weren’t.